A/N: We all knew that this moment was truly unavoidable.

DISCLAIMER: SVU and its Characters belong to Dick Wolf. Storyline and dialogue, and narrative belong to TStabler©

"What happened?" Alex yelled, running into the waiting room of the maternity ward with Casey right beside her.

Cragen sighed, folding his hands over each other as he paced back and forth. "Well, Elliot showed Olivia the nursery, and Josh must have gotten really excited about it. He wanted to use his new crib a little early," he said with a small laugh.

"She was in labor all day, and didn't know it," Tucker added.

"It wasn't the pasta!" Dickie yelled, looking up at his grandfathers. "Wow."

There were nervous chuckles and then Munch looked at Alex. "We were all there, thank God, so when Elliot yelled down to us that Olivia was having the baby, we got her out of the house, into the car and here in no time. But, that was hours ago, and we've heard nothing, from anyone." He ran a hand through his thinning hair and sighed. "This is fucking nerve-wracking."

Alex smacked him in the head. "There are children present! Watch your language!" she scolded.

"Please, Al! These kids belong to Stabler," Munch reminded her. "You're worried about what just came out of my mouth?"

Casey chuckled. "Hey, Benson's their mother, too, ya know. She doesn't exactly have the world's cleanest vocabulary," she quipped, wrapping her arms around Fin.

"I've noticed," Munch said, "That we all still call her Benson."

Cragen laughed. "Because that's who she is, Munch. Bad-Ass Benson, and she's in that room, right now, having a baby."

Fin smiled, brightly. "Baby-girl's havin' a baby boy. Part her and part Elliot."

"God help us all," Munch joked.

"I can't do this anymore," Olivia said, her head dropping back to the pillow behind her.

Elliot wiped her sweaty forehead with a cool cloth, and kissed her. He was amazed as his wife. She was a warrior. She hadn't been difficult, she had refused drugs and she hadn't yelled at him, not once. She hadn't told him to go away, or threatened him. She hadn't told him that he would never touch her again. It was only now, six hours into this, that she started to doubt herself. "Yes, you can, baby," he said. "You have to. One more big push, and Joshie's out here with us," he said. "He's stubborn, like you and me. So you need to put on your mommy pants and tell him that you're the boss and he's gotta do what he's told."

"I'm not wearing pants, El," she said, her eyes dropping closed as she struggled to breathe. "I'm having a baby. Pants would make that difficult."

Elliot laughed. "Come on, baby. One more big push. I got you. I'm with you. I'm right here."

Olivia squeezed his hand, the one that she'd been holding for the last six hours and twelve minutes. Elliot hadn't left her side, not once, for anything. She took a deep breath and pushed and squeezed his hand harder. Elliot was the first to see him, and the first to cry.

As Josh's little, baby wailing filled the room, Olivia's tears fell. Elliot peppered her face with sweet kisses and he murmured, "You did it, baby. You did it, you beautiful woman. I love you, Liv."

All she could do was nod. The doctor handed Elliot the medical scissors and he cut the cord, then the nurses cleaned Josh up, wrapped him in a blanket, and placed him gently in Olivia's waiting arms. "Welcome to the world, little man," Elliot said, lifting Josh's tiny hand with only one finger.

"Hello, Joshua Elliot Stabler," Elliot cooed. "I'm your mommy. And this big, crying, dancing, goofball is your daddy."

Elliot chuckled and sniffled. "We love you, bud," he said. Then, he and Olivia looked at each other, and at once they both searched his little, tiny body, frantically. "Okay," Elliot said, relieved. "Ten tiny fingers."

"And ten tiny toes," Olivia added. "And the most gorgeous blue eyes I've ever seen, next to yours, El. He's perfect."

"Of course he is, Liv," Elliot said, kissing her. "He's ours."

Olivia looked up at him, tears still falling, and she said, "I love you, too, by the way."

Elliot laughed. "I know you do. You're holding the proof in your arms." He kissed her again, brushed the sticky, wet hair off of her face and asked, "Do you want to see everyone?"

"In a minute," she said, looking back down at Josh. "Right now, I want to spend a little time alone with my amazing husband and our incredible son."

"He's got your nose," Elliot said.

Olivia chuckled. "He has your eyes, El. You don't know how much that mattered to me," she said with a sigh.

Elliot looked at her, the question mark evident on his face. "Why, baby?"

"God, El, I fell in love with you the minute I looked into your eyes. I can see everything you feel, everything you're thinking in them, and my whole life is in your eyes, and now, it's in our sons, too," she said, as yet another tear dropped.

"I was kind of hoping he'd have your eyes," Elliot said, running a finger lightly over his son's cheek. "For the same reasons."

"There we go, being mushy again," Olivia said, resting her head on Elliot's chest as she leaned back against him.

Elliot laughed. "We're not mushy, baby. We're in love," he said, kissing her head. "I'm gonna go tell everyone that he's here, and he's perfect. Are you ready?"

"I am, but I think Joshie's gonna sleep through it," Olivia said with a laugh as her son's little eyes blinked and fluttered closed.

"Elliot!" Tucker yelled, seeing him come out of the room in his blue scrubs. "What happened?"

"Is she okay?" Cragen asked. "How's the baby?"

"Where's Mom?" Kathleen yelled.

Maureen and Dickie both cried out, "What about Josh? How's Mom?"

Elliot held up a hand as the voices started to overlap and grow in volume. "Guys! Guys! Hold it!" he yelled with a laugh. "Liv is perfect, she's absolutely perfect. And Josh is perfect, too. Seven and a half pounds, almost nineteen inches long, and perfectly healthy even though he's two weeks early." Everyone cheered, and Elliot held up his hand again. "I know, I know, I wanna jump and yell and scream, too," he laughed. "But, Josh is sleeping, and I'm pretty sure Liv is halfway to la-la-land, too. I can take you guys in to see them, but you gotta be quiet!"

"Sorry," Lizzie whispered.

Elliot picked her up and kissed her cheek. "It's okay," he whispered back with a wink. "Come on," he said, chuckling, holding the door open. He led them into Olivia's room and her eyes, though droopy, were open.

"Hey," she said, smiling through her exhaustion.

Elliot put Lizzie down and ran back to her side, wrapping an arm around her and placing the other one lovingly on his son's little body. "Joshua Elliot Stabler, this is your family," he whispered.

"Oh, my God," Casey cried, softly. A tear ran down her cheek as she clutched Fin's hand. "He's beautiful."

Ed Tucker wiped away a tear and looked at Elliot. "Thanks for letting me be here for this one," he said, placing a hand over his heart. Elliot closed his eyes and nodded, smiling warmly.

"Man, Stabler," Fin said, looking at the sleeping newborn. "Ain't nothin' you two don't do perfectly, is there?"

"Nope," Elliot said, kissing Olivia on the head. "Guys," he said to the four excited faces in front of Cragen. "Come meet your little brother."

Lizzie and Dickie ran over first. "Oh, wow! He's so little," Lizzie said.

"You were that small once, too," Elliot said, "And there were two of you at once. You guys were such a handful!"

Maureen walked over and kissed Olivia on the cheek. "How are you feeling, Mom?" she asked.

"I am just fine, sweetie," she replied. "I've never been better, actually."

"He's so cute," Kathleen squealed, peering over at him.

Alex and Munch, both teary eyed, nodded. "You are one lucky little boy, Josh," Alex whispered, stroking the side of his sleeping face. "You have two amazing parents, who will never, ever, let anything hurt you."

Munch looked down at him and added, "And four Godparents, two Grandfathers, three older sisters and an older brother who will offer the same protection."

Cragen looked up at the scene before him, wiping his own tears, and sighed. "I knew it," he said. "The minute I said, 'Elliot Stabler, this is Olivia Benson, your new partner,' I knew that you two would end up here."

"In a hospital room?" Olivia asked, raising an eyebrow, smirking.

Cragen chuckled. "Yes, actually. Married, with a family. I knew this was all completely unavoidable, so I didn't stop it, and I didn't punish you for it. Hell, not like IAB really gives a...crap," he said, censoring himself for the kids, throwing a hand toward Tucker, who laughed as he looked over at his grandson.

"No, Don," Tucker said. "All IAB cares about is the happiness and safety of the detectives," he paused, looked down at his grandson again, and added, "As long as they do their jobs, like we all know they will."

Everyone in the room laughed, and Olivia, carefully, lifted the sleeping baby up and gave him to Elliot. "Here, Daddy," she said. "Take your son to really meet his family."

"You got it, Mommy," Elliot said, kissing Olivia on the head. He was half way around the room when the door opened, and someone else came in, with blue balloons and a blue teddy bear.

"Olivia?" the voice called out.

The whole room turned to face the woman. Olivia's eyes widened. "Hi, Rebecca," Olivia said, surprised. "What are you, uh, doing here?"

Rebecca Hendrix barreled into the room, handing the balloons to Fin. "I stopped by the precinct to meet everyone, and they told me you were having a baby!"

Olivia smirked. She knew exactly why Rebecca Hendrix was here. "Oh, well you didn't have to…"

"I didn't even know you were married! You haven't called me in months!" Hendrix cried, walking over to the bed.

Olivia rolled her eyes. "Well, when you quit being a cop, unless we had a case where we needed you, I didn't see a reason to…"

"That doesn't matter, Olivia. Where is this baby? Where is the lucky guy you married? Is Elliot here?" Rebecca suddenly brightened her eyes and looked around, eagerly.

"I'm right here," Elliot said, smirking, holding his son. "I'm the extremely lucky guy she married. And this is our beautiful son," he said, cradling the baby. "Joshua Elliot Stabler."

Hendrix's face fell, she paled and her eyes closed. She cleared her throat as she opened her eyes and said, "Well, I'm, uh, very happy for the both of you. And, uh, congratulations. He's beautiful." She turned to Olivia, who was smiling, and said, "I hope you're happy."

"We are very happy, thanks, Doc," Elliot said before Olivia could respond, bringing Josh back to Olivia, setting him down, and wrapping his arms around his wife. He smiled down at her, and chuckled, shaking his head knowingly. He kissed her, deeply, despite the room full of people, and they both looked down at Josh.

"Hey, Joshie," Olivia said, watching in amazement as his little arms moved and his little eyes opened.

Elliot couldn't help the tears that fell, again, as he smiled down at his son. "Happy Birthday, buddy," he said. "He was born on the day we met, Liv. He just made it. Eleven fifty-eight. Right befor midnight.

"Oh, wow," Olivia said, silent tears dropping. "Best present ever."

Elliot chuckled. "Yeah, he is, baby." He dropped his head to kiss his son gently, then gave Olivia another sweet kiss. Everyone was so wrapped up in the emotional moment, watching the new baby wriggle and cry, watching Olivia and Elliot get lost in Josh and each other, that they didn't notice the bitter, cold expression on Doctor Rebecca Hendrix's face. But then again, Hendrix was so caught up in her jealousy and rage, that she couldn't see that if they had seen it, they wouldn't have cared.

A/N: Happy Birthday, Joshie!!! Three months of doting parents and sweet fluffyness coming at ya, along with their return to work, and how do they handle a case with Hendrix? All if you want it! Review!